Gudaf Tsegay shattered the women’s 5,000m world record during Sunday’s Diamond League final in Oregon, USA.
The 26-year-old won the race recording a time of 14 minutes 00.21 seconds, five seconds faster than the previous record of 14 minutes 05.20 seconds, set by Kenyan star Faith Kipyegon in Paris earlier this summer.
Kipyegon’s compatriot, Beatrice Chebet, finished second in the race, with a time of 14 minutes 05.92 seconds – just shy of the previous world record.
But it was the reigning 10,000m champion Tsegay who would be victorious, setting a sharp pace throughout, notably meeting the world record pace with three laps to go.
She would subsequently pull away from her immediate chaser, Chebet, with Tsegay going on to beat her previous personal best in the race by 12 seconds.
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